Barred thicklip
Hemigymnus fasciatus
- Usual depth5–21 m
- Water temperature24–30 °C
- Best monthsMarch and April
- How commonCommon
About this species
The barred thicklip wrasse is a species of fish belonging to the wrasse family, native from the Indo-Pacific.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Barred thicklip”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 55 records
- February: 276 records
- March: 526 records
- April: 760 records
- May: 376 records
- June: 312 records
- July: 266 records
- August: 170 records
- September: 105 records
- October: 170 records
- November: 24 records
- December: 9 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 5–21 m · Deepest record: 38 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 24–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Barred thicklip, Barred wrasse, Banded Thicklip, barred thicklip, Barred Thicklip Wrasse, barred wrasse, fivebanded wrasse, Five-banded Wrasse, Fiveband Wrasse
Names in 6 more languages
- German
- Streifen-Bannerlippfisch
- Spanish
- Doncella tamarín anillada, Tamarín Anillado
- Filipino
- Bankilan, Bungat, Isdang bato
- French
- Chien Noir, Labre à Bandes Noires, Labre à grosses lèvres, Mamselle Adèle, Tamarin, Tamarin à bandes, Tamarin à bandes noires
- Japanese
- Shima-tarekuchi-bera, Shimatarekuchibera, シマタレクチベラ
- Simplified Chinese
- 大口倍良, 大口鸚鯛, 大口鸚鯛（條紋半裸魚、橫帶厚唇魚）, 斑節龍, 條紋半裸魚, 横带厚唇鱼, 橫帶厚唇魚, 闊嘴郎, 黑帶鸚鯛
Other scientific names: Halichoeres fasciatus, Hemigymnus fuliginosus, Hemigymuns fasciatus, Labrus fasciatus, Labrus fuliginosus, Labrus malapteronotus, Mullus fasciatus, Scarus quinquefasciatus, Scarus quinque-fasciatus, Sparus meaco, Sparus zonatus, Sparus zonephorus, Tautoga leucomos, Tautoga mertensii, Thalassoma bilateralis
Similar species
- Blackeye thicklip
Hemigymnus melapterus
Blue GroperAchoerodus gouldii
Blue GroperAchoerodus viridis
Tripletail wrasseCheilinus trilobatus
Blunt-head ParrotfishChlorurus microrhinos
bullethead parrotfishChlorurus sordidus
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 5,029 open-data records from 1906 to 2023.
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